Where science, politics, and society collide.
A new book tells you how to change your habits to improve at math, science…or whatever else you want to learn about.
Millions of Americans are evangelical Christians. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe is persuading them that our planet is in peril.
How our brains fool us on climate, creationism, and the vaccine-autism link.
The Pulitzer-winning author explains why he adapted his classic book “The Third Chimpanzee” for kids: because we need them to fix our…
Some 375 million years ago, Tiktaalik emerged onto land.
John Hibbing and his colleagues are pioneering research on the physiological underpinnings of political ideology.
Talking about complex ideas is tough. But for this NYT columnist, doing it well is the key to greatness.
Ethan Perlstein was a young, bright Ph.D. from Harvard. Then he hit the academic job market.
Phil Plait explains the universe’s sudden and dramatic inflation…tiny fractions of a second after the Big Bang.
The host of the stunning new Fox series wants you to understand how science works.
Science writer Jennifer Ouellette explores the emerging science of the self, a body of research that examines not just who we are, but also…
The complex relationship between extreme weather and climate change need not cloud our judgement of how the two are connected.
Edward Frenkel wants you to understand mathematics so economists, bankers, corporations, and intelligence agencies can’t manipulate you…
Astronomers have found three potentially habitable exoplanets less than fifty light years from Earth
The biggest debate in climate science may be over whether global warming will create more winters like this one.
Dr. Steven Novella argues that many of the fears surrounding genetically modified crops are unsupported.
The New Yorker’s Maria Konnikova explains the science behind why we need to sleep more, waste less time on the internet, and stop…
And other insights on bear repellents, zombie escapes, and how an artist can make you love science.
How certainty leads us astray
From invoking astrology to legally defining “destiny,” the attacks on evolution and climate science just keep on…evolving.
Given all the stars, galaxies and what we know about the laws governing reality, how many planets are there in our observable Universe?
Jennifer Ouellette occupies a unique space in science writing, wedged firmly between the scientists and the screen.
Autism changed Henry Markram’s family. Now his Intense World theory could transform our understanding of the condition.
Spiral galaxies didn’t exist in the early universe. Now astrophysicists think they know when spirals emerged
The celebrated food author Michael Pollan dishes on how to eat well: less meat, more microbes, and cook it yourself.
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